School-to-Work

As part of the School-to-Work initiative, Cooperative Education is currently operating a Connecting Activities Grant for the Greater New Bedford Area.

School-to-Work is an approach to learning for ALL students. It is based on the proven concept that education works best and is most useful for future careers when students apply what they learn to real life, real work situations.

Connecting Activities - courses integrating classroom and on-the-job instruction, matching students with participating employers, training of mentors and the building of other bridges between school and work.

Connecting Activities

Connecting Activities, as part of School-To-Work, is designed to maintain relationships between schools and businesses.

Career Specialists work with students in the schools to prepare them for the appropriate internship experiences that fit their career interests.

Connecting Activities include:

Recruiting employers to provide opportunities to students and/or teachers

Developing work-based learning plans with teachers

Providing employment services when students leave school

BCC's Connecting Activities staff are currently working within the Greater New Bedford school systems.

We offer programs with the following schools:

Dartmouth High School

Fairhaven High School

Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School

New Bedford High School

Old Rochester Regional High School

Wareham High School

Westside Jr./Sr. High School

For more information, contact the New Bedford Chamber of Commerce Office: